You probably missed this earth-shattering news, but Ikea IKEA, the Swedish furniture and other assorted home decoration products company, has switched fonts. The company always used the Futura font for its catalogues, but the latest edition has ditched it in favour of Verdana. This has caused quite the stir among typography geeks.

Oh no, I can't stand that font, and I've looked at far too many papers and books printed in it. Too spare and thin.

Believe it or not I can see your point of view. I think I like it in part because it reminds me of things I've read and liked. Just like Futura for the Ikea fans, it has a connotation for me. Some of the strokes are really thin, but I find it harmonises in reading, as opposed to looking hard at every letter.

I do like the look of the Gentium and Charter samples--will have to give them a shot in print.